After the Philadelphia Flyers and Washington Capitals line brawl Friday night, the league has decided not to suspend Flyers goaltender Ray Emery for his fight with Capitals goaltender Braden Holtby.
After looking at it and discussing it internally for last 24 hrs, NHL has decided not to suspend Ray Emery. Simply put ... (con't)
— Pierre LeBrun (@Real_ESPNLeBrun) November 2, 2013
... current rulebook as it stands doesn't back any suspension for this. Obviously league doesn't like what it saw last night but ...
— Pierre LeBrun (@Real_ESPNLeBrun) November 2, 2013
... there's just nothing in rulebook for supplemental discipline for that fight
— Pierre LeBrun (@Real_ESPNLeBrun) November 2, 2013
Emery had gone after Holtby even though Holtby made it clear he did not want to fight. There was speculation Emery would be getting a call from the league for the excessive nature of the fight, but Pierre LeBrun says otherwise.
